Human Plans and the Coronavirus
By Tom Lambrecht - I am a planner. I like to have at least a rough plan in mind for any undertaking that I am part of, whether it is a work project or a trip to the beach. I get that from my Dad, who was a high school band director and needed to plan everything from...
Observations from a “Town Hall”
By Tom Lambrecht - The coronavirus pandemic has caused a lot of disruption in our lives, in how our country functions, and in how our churches function, as well. Nowhere was that in greater evidence than in a May 5th "Town Hall" meeting held online by Mainstream UMC,...
The Bodily Resurrection
The Bodily Resurrection By Clark Pinnock March/April 1982 Each of the four Gospels announces that the tomb in which the crucified Jesus had been buried on Friday afternoon was empty on Easter morning. Their testimony is supported by the primitive preaching recorded in...
Archive: Missionary of the Century
E.A. “Tata” Seamands Archive: Missionary of the Century by Jonathan Massey A showdown was taking place in the dusty, turn-of-the-century streets of "rootin', tootin', shootin' Tucson, Arizona." Earl Arnett Seamands faced a merciless bully standing right in front of...
Archive: How Ann Became an Evangelist
Archive: How Ann Became an Evangelist by Bob Withers, Pastor, Ball's Chapel and Fairfield United Methodist Church Copy Editor, The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, West Virginia Pastors often hear their parishioners say, "Oh, if God would just give me a message to take to...
Archive: No Room to Spare
Archive: No Room to Spare by Joseph Bayly, Vice President, David C. Cook Publishing Company Elgin, Illinois Second thoughts about the infamous innkeeper ... Was the Bethlehem innkeeper heartless or very sensitive? Countless sermons have been based on the former...
Archive: Farewell to Welfare?
Archive: Farewell to Welfare? By Virgil E. Maybray, Executive Secretary of the Good News-related Evangelical Missions Council since 1976. "Federal budget cuts provide an opportunity and challenge for the Church of Jesus Christ to fulfill her mission," claims Virgil E....
Archive: “Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail th’incarnate Deity.”
Archive: "Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail th'incarnate Deity." by Leonard J. Bauer, United Methodist theological student, Wheaton, Illinois As we began the fifth of a twelve lesson home Bible study, one of the class members startled me with the statement, "Yes,...
